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Hi Mordechai,I have seen these in Bomberg's first printed edition of the Rabinnical Bible (1525) that was based on older manuscripts. The first inverted NUN is to be found on the word BINSOA. The last one is on the first NUN of word KeMitonenim, exactly as it appears on the picture which you have posted above.

Yes - have seen this a number of times and indeed have written a short book on it and the normal nun hafucha called 'Sefer Binsoa' with a number of images from old Sifrey Torah and codices. Certainly not problematic as a very old and well established tradition.

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